Sylvia
Langlois,
M.Sc. OT Reg. (Ont)
Associate Director, Curriculum and Faculty Relations
University of Toronto and University Health Network
Sylvia Langlois is an Associate Professor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Associate Director, Academics, Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education, University of Toronto. She is also Co-Editor (shared role) of the Journal of Interprofessional Practice and Education. In her Associate Director role she is responsible for the IPE curriculum for over 4500 students from eleven health and social science programs. Her research interests include patient engagement in IPE, virtual teams, and competency development.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Sustainability of interprofessional education (IPE) requires a massive workforce commitment of small team facilitators to plan, deliver, and evaluate IPE learning activities. Utilizing learners as facilitators, IPE programs can leverage additional resources while providing a meaningful leadership opportunity for student-led programming. This seminar will present the 12 Tips for Developing Students as Interprofessional Education Facilitators. Collaborators from Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, University Health Network and Unity of Toronto, and the University of Oklahoma Health…
Introduction: While poetry has been used extensively as a reflective tool in educational settings, limited research exists on educators creating poetry based on their professional and personal experiences to teach interprofessional learners complex topics. This study examines the impact of such poetry on enhancing the understanding of theoretical and complex topics in healthcare.Methods: This study was conducted over two years, involving four two-hour interprofessional education (IPE) sessions with 50 to 70 learners each, from a variety of health and social care professions. The sessions…